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Adams Street | Box 126 Creston, IA 50801-0126 Tuesday, December 28, 2021 SHAW MEDIA | SERVING SW IOWA SINCE 1879 | BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE AT WWW.CRESTONNEWS.COM SHAW MEDIA | SERVING SW IOWA SINCE 1879 | BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE AT WWW.CRESTONNEWS.COM News Advertiser CRESTON Think you know the Cheez-it Bowl? See sports PAGE 8A WEDNESDAY WEATHER 27 15 Volume 138 No. 251 County approves polling sites JOHN VAN NOSTRAND CNA Managing Editor [email protected] Considering the cir- cumstances, Union County Supervisor Ron Riley did not hide any- thing Monday when dis- cussing plans on the new election sites in Union County. “It’s not perfect, but it’s the best you could do,” Riley told Auditor Sandy Hysell who made the proposed changes that were approved in a 2-1 vote. Supervisor Rick Friday cast the no vote wanting to hear from more affect- ed voters and if there are any other possible op- tions that would be more efficient. Time is becom- ing a factor. Union Coun- ty’s plan must be submit- ted to the state by Jan. 15. The sites will be used for elections in 2022. As part of the state’s districting, which is re- viewed every 10 years following the Census, Iowa’s legislative bound- aries also shifted with the population. Union County was in Senate District 11. Now, that has changed to two Senate districts within the coun- ty. District 9 takes a ma- jority of the county while District 12 includes Lin- coln, Dodge, New Hope, Jones and Pleasant town- ships, which are north and east portions of the county. Union County was in House District 21. That has changed to Districts 17 and 23. District 23 also includes Lincoln, Dodge, New Hope, Jones and Pleasant townships. The vote was in fa- vor of what Hysell pre- ferred that sends voters in Dodge, New Hope, Pleasant and Jones town- ships, the towns of Lori- mor and Thayer all in Lorimor. Friday said he did re- ceive a comment from a resident who was con- cerned about voters go- ing to Lorimor. “Lincoln (township) does not have to,” Friday explained about the con- stituent’s comments. Voters from Lincoln Township will go to Crest Baptist Church in Cres- ton as that will be the location for two polling sites. The polling site for the city of Creston’s Ward 5 is at Crest Bap- tist. The state approved having the church the site for two different pre- cincts. “Early voting is not un- reasonable,” Friday said an option all voters have at the courthouse. Second and third read- ings of the proposal, which are standard, can be waived. Supervisor Dennis Brown made the motion to waive second and third readings. Riley made the second. Friday casting the only no vote. To keep its eight pre- cincts, the county would have had to eliminate one site and create a new polling site for Lincoln and Dodge townships. The facility would have to be handicap accessible. Hysell estimated cost for a new site to be between CNA photo by John Van Nostrand ABOVE: Crest Baptist Church in Creston will be the location of two polling sites starting in 2022. RIGHT: A map of the new Iowa Senate District 9 which includes a majority of Union County. Photo from JoElla & Brandyn Lilienthal Wynter Marie Lilienthal opens a Buzz Lightyear action figure for Christmas. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices surged again in October as the housing market continues to boom in the wake of last year’s coro- navirus recession. The S&P CoreLog- ic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, out Tuesday, climbed 18.4% in October from a year earlier. The gain marked a slight deceleration from a 19.1% year-over-year increase in September but was about in line with what economists had been expecting. All 20 cities post- ed double-digit annual gains. The hottest mar- kets were Phoenix (up 32.3%), Tampa (28.1%) and Miami (25.7%). Min- neapolis and Chicago posted the smallest in- creases, 11.5% each. The housing market has been strong thanks to rock-bottom mortgage rates, a limited supply of homes on the market, and pent-up demand from consumers locked in last year by the pan- demic. Many Americans, tired of being cooped up at home during the pan- demic, are looking to trade up from apartments to homes or to bigger houses. “Home price growth will slow further in the year ahead, but continue to go up, said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. “As hous- ing costs eat up a larger share of home purchas- er’s paychecks, buyers will get creative. Many will take advantage of ongoing workplace flexi- bility to move to the sub- urbs where despite home price gains, many can still find a lower price per square foot than nearby cities. It remains unclear if that shift is permanent or an aberration, said Craig Lazzara, managing direc- tor at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “We have previous- ly suggested that the strength in the U.S. hous- ing market is being driv- en in part by a change in locational preferences as households react to the COVID pandem- ic,’’ Lazzara said. “More data will be required to understand whether this demand surge represents an acceleration of pur- chases that would have occurred over the next several years, or reflects a more permanent secu- lar change.’’ Last week, mortgage rates fell — to 3.05% for the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate and 2.66% for the 15-year fixed-rate home loan. The per- sistently low rates sig- nal that credit markets appear more concerned about the omicron vari- ant depressing economic growth than about the Home prices surge in October COUNTY | 2A PRICES | 2A
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Volume 138 No. 251
County approves polling sites JOHN VAN NOSTRAND
CNA Managing Editor [email protected]
Considering the cir-cumstances, Union County Supervisor Ron Riley did not hide any-thing Monday when dis-cussing plans on the new election sites in Union County.
“It’s not perfect, but it’s the best you could do,” Riley told Auditor Sandy Hysell who made the proposed changes that were approved in a 2-1 vote.
Supervisor Rick Friday cast the no vote wanting to hear from more affect-ed voters and if there are any other possible op-tions that would be more efficient. Time is becom-ing a factor. Union Coun-ty’s plan must be submit-ted to the state by Jan. 15. The sites will be used for elections in 2022.
As part of the state’s districting, which is re-viewed every 10 years following the Census, Iowa’s legislative bound-aries also shifted with the population. Union County was in Senate District 11. Now, that has changed to two Senate districts within the coun-ty. District 9 takes a ma-jority of the county while District 12 includes Lin-coln, Dodge, New Hope, Jones and Pleasant town-ships, which are north and east portions of the county.
Union County was in House District 21. That has changed to Districts 17 and 23. District 23 also includes Lincoln, Dodge,
New Hope, Jones and Pleasant townships.
The vote was in fa-vor of what Hysell pre-ferred that sends voters in Dodge, New Hope, Pleasant and Jones town-ships, the towns of Lori-mor and Thayer all in Lorimor.
Friday said he did re-ceive a comment from a resident who was con-cerned about voters go-ing to Lorimor.
“Lincoln (township) does not have to,” Friday explained about the con-stituent’s comments.
Voters from Lincoln Township will go to Crest Baptist Church in Cres-ton as that will be the location for two polling sites. The polling site for the city of Creston’s Ward 5 is at Crest Bap-tist. The state approved having the church the site for two different pre-cincts.
“Early voting is not un-reasonable,” Friday said an option all voters have at the courthouse.
Second and third read-ings of the proposal, which are standard, can be waived. Supervisor Dennis Brown made the motion to waive second and third readings. Riley made the second. Friday casting the only no vote.
To keep its eight pre-cincts, the county would have had to eliminate one site and create a new polling site for Lincoln and Dodge townships. The facility would have to be handicap accessible. Hysell estimated cost for a new site to be between
CNA photo by John Van Nostrand
ABOVE: Crest Baptist Church in Creston will be the location of two polling sites starting in 2022 . RIGHT: A map of the new Iowa Senate District 9 which includes a majority of Union County.
Photo from JoElla & Brandyn Lilienthal
Wynter Marie Lilienthal opens a Buzz Lightyear action figure for Christmas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices surged again in October as the housing market continues to boom in the wake of last year’s coro-navirus recession.
The S&P CoreLog-ic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, out Tuesday, climbed 18.4% in October from a year earlier. The gain marked a slight deceleration from a 19.1% year-over-year increase in September but was about in line with what economists had been expecting.
All 20 cities post-ed double-digit annual gains. The hottest mar-kets were Phoenix (up 32.3%), Tampa (28.1%) and Miami (25.7%). Min-neapolis and Chicago posted the smallest in-creases, 11.5% each.
The housing market has been strong thanks to rock-bottom mortgage rates, a limited supply of homes on the market,
and pent-up demand from consumers locked in last year by the pan-demic. Many Americans, tired of being cooped up at home during the pan-demic, are looking to trade up from apartments to homes or to bigger houses.
“Home price growth will slow further in the year ahead, but continue to go up, said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. “As hous-ing costs eat up a larger share of home purchas-er’s paychecks, buyers will get creative. Many will take advantage of ongoing workplace flexi-bility to move to the sub-urbs where despite home price gains, many can still find a lower price per square foot than nearby cities.
It remains unclear if that shift is permanent or an aberration, said Craig Lazzara, managing direc-tor at S&P Dow Jones
Indices.“We have previous-
ly suggested that the strength in the U.S. hous-ing market is being driv-en in part by a change in locational preferences as households react to the COVID pandem-ic,’’ Lazzara said. “More data will be required to understand whether this demand surge represents an acceleration of pur-chases that would have occurred over the next several years, or reflects a more permanent secu-lar change.’’
Last week, mortgage rates fell — to 3.05% for the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate and 2.66% for the 15-year fixed-rate home loan. The per-sistently low rates sig-nal that credit markets appear more concerned about the omicron vari-ant depressing economic growth than about the
Home prices surge in October
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